u.s. private. prison. guilty of. edward snowden. after the fugitive. british resident in the guantanamo bay detention center describes. our own investigation into the claims of. the. rebels in syria. the. syrian opposition is growing radicalism

and the fear of terrorism. joining the fight. just in time for the weekly. running down the top world headlines of the week for you today private bradley manning this week found guilty of america's biggest leak of restricted information with almost all charges in his court martial standing although he was cleared of the most serious charge of aiding the enemy he still faces more than one hundred thirty years in prison let's have a look here at r.t. and how it all unfolded during the time line bradley manning deployed to iraq in two thousand and nine he soon exposed the. murder video showing iraqi civilians

being killed by u.s. troops but after a series of online chats with the hacker manning was turned into the government and arrested more revelations followed exposing iraq and afghanistan war logs along with a diplomatic cables old published by wiki leaks in march twentieth manning was accused of aiding the enemy charge that could have kept him behind bars for life and while waiting for his court martial the un described manning his prison treatment as inhumane but the judge did not allow the global bodies torture inspector to testify and all that other high profile trial in fort meade that was in the maryland it led to guilty verdicts in nineteen out of the twenty two charges against him and wiki leaks spokesperson kristinn hrafnsson believes far from stocking stopping the leaks i should say manning's case will lead to even more possibilities of secret data coming to light. who will be used to facing a long time in prison especially when you think about how this trial has been.

lindh one is not filled with a new york to miss only last week good. to allow the prosecution to change some of the charges on the last stage of the trial. the trial has been partly closed off to journalists who journalists have been intimidated we have seen that despite the way that bradley manning was treated. being tortured in prison in isolation in solitary confinement for almost a year it has not stopped whistleblowers and there are still breathe people there and who act on their conscience and to with the public interest in mind we have seen no new era beginning and an expansion of the limits of journalism. now some supporters of bradley manning have drawn up a petition claiming they would serve the whistleblower sentence in parts and more than seventeen hundred people signed their request and they plan on seven to get to

the man in charge of reviewing the private sentence. then went out onto the streets of new york to listen to what people had to say about this verdict. union square has been something of a stomping ground for bradley manning supporters in new york city you see over the years many rallies have been held here in honor of the army private first class intelligence analyst now manning has been found guilty of downloading and releasing confidential u.s. documents that subsequently disclosed illegal activity and crimes on the part of washington manning faces up to one hundred thirty six years in prison instead of telling you how the public is reacting to this news we're handing our microphone directly over to the citizens bradley manning didn't commit any crimes would be like is if you shot me and the camera man said hey i've got this footage of this crime and he. you know put it out there for justice and instead of trying you they

try him and it doesn't make any sense it would appear to me that the manning verdict would be sending a message to edward snowden i'm sure he's listening. you know because it's a really similar situation and i think they're doing a good thing because the american people are basically enslaved and they're you know they're told what to do by the media and they follow orders if you look at the apache helicopter video which probably the most famous one. for the american public at least know what is actually going on in the war they're fighting a war fighting at that point i just hope maybe somebody like obama. may be doing is the last leg news a lame duck president decides to blood money now although manning has been acquitted of aiding the enemy charges he may be punished for the rest of his life for presenting the american public with the truth reporting from new york for an up

or nine our take our time for you to kind of old with us here at all and see what do you think manning sentence should be a please take part in the ongoing poll right now it ought to dot com you can express your opinion will pop it on air. on the program let's see how the votes are putting out so far from the website of the vast majority still for this hour though a majority of our viewers believing manning should not have been found guilty in the first place he should be instead treated as a hero though fifteen percent now are saying that perhaps a suspended jail term should be the most severe punishment at the worst and then we're down to perhaps some people saying twenty years in jail is a viable option that's only four percent saying that again joint four percent same perhaps a death sentence or life imprisonment is is suitable for the whistleblower you can still cast your vote we love it when you get involved with us here at r.t. just a click away now at r.t. dot com. now one chapter in edward snowden saga was closed this week the u.s. will blow on the run has finally left the transit limbo of

a moscow airport of course that's where he was stuck for more than a month or snowden's been granted temporary asylum here in russia and as a really received some job offers including one from russia's biggest social network now while his whereabouts for the meantime remain unknown artie's lindsey france recaps the media's chase for the former n.s.a. contractor. on sunday june twenty third when reports surface that the u.s. is newest whistleblower edward snowden was in russian airspace on a flight from his hong kong hideout every journalist knew the weekend was over and they all scurried here to section a i said to metro airport snowden and his wiki leaks advisor sarah harrison are a no show reporters found out that snowden and his advisors were due to be on a flight to cuba the next day so what did they do search around for the nearest hotel to get a good night's sleep before getting on that flight. june twenty fourth dawns the doors to the flight close seat seventeen a is empty galleys and restrooms are

searched the cargo hold is suspected a drinks trolley is found in business class hangovers are reported june twenty fifth president putin confirms that snowden is still in the transit area of the airport foreign minister sergei lavrov dismisses a u.s. request for extradition this stakeout continues because you just never know when he'll come out from hiding everyone with a press badge gets to know airport food courts and the coin operated massage chairs very well july second wiki leaks says snowden is seeking asylum in nineteen more countries including china cuba nicaragua venezuela and india. the next day at another airport this time in austria drama unfolds the president of bolivia's plane is forced to land on suspicion that snowden is on board the heat in the debate turns up on the heels of this bolivia nicaragua and venezuela make their offers of

asylum well known denouncing the pressure exerted by america but one little problem remains getting to any of these destinations without falling into the hands of american law enforcement it was here on the second floor terminal where snowden held a conference with human rights activists and with his advisors made the announcement that he was scared to fly not for heights and that he was thinking of asking russia for asylum video and photos make it out of that meeting and are quickly uploaded for our stories finally we have something to bring back to our newsrooms now the wait for the paperwork in this case a response to snowden scribbles on a blank sheet hey whatever works staff only this unassuming door here on the first floor of the terminal at the airport was headquarters july twenty fourth when everyone thought anatoly could head in a snowden's russian advisor would be bringing that very important piece of paper

from immigration services allowing him to exit the airport instead all he brought were a bag of books some new clothes and a healthy dose of consolation for snowden and the journalists. until august first one who showed a no himself shows the press that fateful document making edward snowden free to travel through the russian federation until july thirty first two thousand and fourteen he says edward is gone and his lips are sealed. due to the fact that he is the most wanted person on planet earth today he would be concerned about the issue of security that includes questions of safety in the place where he is going to live that's all up to him as he is where we'll consult and advise him but on other . shoes it's up to him according to our sources when a plane from paris was emptying out he took his chance jumped in to lend them. edward snowden had flown and then walked out nearly unnoticed much to our chagrin

in moscow lindsey france r t. and a one of the conditions. for taking snowden in was that he stops harming washington with his leaks in an interview to a russian t.v. channel the whistleblower's father said his son has already done enough public good to abide by that request with a clear conscience i understand his tremendous political interest and at this point our government i suspect is somewhat angry about the way this has has turned out i am again thankful to the russian people president vladimir putin's and anatoly sure enough for the courage the strain the humanity that they have demonstrated in what i believe is this noble action of protecting my son and keeping him safe as a father he needs to respect the president who requests i believe my son's work is done with this in terms of he has made a tremendous sacrifice to let the american people what has been done to them and in

their name and i am again so thankful to the people of russia and i we spoke to political analyst dimitri babich he said that russia had no other choice but to grant snowden temporary asylum. i think that snowden is a very special case because he didn't serve any foreign government what he did he knew don't his own and he revealed this information to press the foreign agents i am pretty sure that the united states would shield such a person if he had been over russian origin and if he had been found in the united states russia i think was not very willing to have him here i think it's clear from mr bush's statements that he was not particularly. by the question is so what could put in do if he had delivered mr snowden out of there had to stay as mr snowden would probably face life imprisonment in the united states so no civil list country can do it or this country won't be respected. for russia's decision to take snowden

in was certainly met with fury in washington and the white house hinted the september summit between obama and putin may now be canceled but all the hype over snowden's asylum is diverting public attention from what he's actually wanted for back home that it was damning revelations guy nature can explain. the moment edward snowden walked out of that moscow airport russia became the object of washington's wrath we heard calls for president obama to boycott the g. twenty summit in russia the president's press secretary said washington is quote unquote extremely disappointed with moscow's decision on snowden and that it undermines the growing cooperation between russian and u.s. security services certain members of congress used even harsher term senator chuck schumer said russia has stabbed us in the back and each day that mr snowden is allowed to roam free is another twist of the knife senator lindsey graham says americans in washington should consider this a game changer in our relationship with the blushes and john mccain goes it is

a slap in the face of all americans we cannot allow today's action by put into a stand without serious repercussions of course for many politicians here attacking snowden and russia is much easier than defending the surveillance state the white house keeps repeating this mantra mr snowden is not a whistleblower he is accused of leaking classified information and has been charged with three fairly villany counts and he should be returned to the united states polls show the majority of americans actually disagree with the white house on whether or not mr snowden is a whistle blower they think it is so what else they disagree with a gallup poll shows fifty three percent of americans now disapprove of the government surveillance programs as opposed to thirty seven percent who approve another poll by the queen a parent university conducted just in the wake of snowden's revelations shows forty five percent of americans say the government's anti-terrorism efforts have gone too far with strict civil liberties three years ago twenty five percent of americans

thought so it's a massive shift in attitudes a shift that the lawmakers in the government can't ignore as much as they like to attack snowden his revelations have put the white house on the defensive you can complain about big brother and this is. a potential. you know program run amok but when you actually look at the details then i think we've struck the right balance well let's look at some of those details from snowden we first learned about the prism program a system the n.s.a. uses to gain access to the private communications of users of nine popular net services the government said the n.s.a. does that only with a warrant from the fight the court snowden said the court merely rubber stamp such warrants and he revealed one such revealed one such secret court order for a telecommunications company to hand over its clients dead or in bulk the government has acknowledged the bulk collection of communications but said no one

can look at the content of those communications without a warrant snowden said that's a lie this week the guardian relying on the documents that snowden had earlier provided has revealed details of a program that makes such warrantless snooping possible we learned about x. keyscore which allows to search through vast amounts of data collected by other programs snowden has leaked the n.s.a.'s training materials where the agency boasts that the program is the widest reaching system for developing intelligence from the net having sekret feist his career and his comfortable lifestyle snowden said he wanted to expose the government's lies in washington i'm going to check him. in moscow on research more news in just a moment. just over themselves got a call it's after saakashvili steps down georgia's new political leaders find

a way to develop relations with a self a say to an appositive. boss would it be possible at least in theory a for these nations to unite. and would russia recognize the territorial integrity of georgia in this case. we want them to live in peace. but it's up to him who decides what relations they will have one of the please we won't interfere with our procedures. choose your language. if we can with oh if the materials feel some of the. truth is good it's good consents to. choose the opinions that invigorating to. choose the stories that impact your life choose the access to your office.

thanks for joining us here on r.t. today inmates at guantanamo bay have accused the guards of carrying out invasive procedures and clued in the so-called get. the office is a daily routine against the hunger strikers was outlined by the last british resident shakur in a private talk to his lawyer now according to the inmate during such invasive searches an extraction team walks in and forces a detainee to the floor any movements restrained by the guards to hold the detainees by the arms and legs such procedures are conducted anytime a prisoner wants to leave his cell in order to see a lawyer or a relative and then the same when he returns prisoners believe this is a tactic to try and intimidate them break the ongoing hunger strike and prevent

them from talking to their advocates but attorney clive smith representing shock at america he said the measures that the cam have a reverse effect. we have now raised it with the american courts that they shouldn't be doing this they shouldn't affectively be sexually assaulting the prisoners there is the government i believe who first started using the term scruton search if you'll believe it the they actually admitted doing this sort of thing and it's been done to try to intimidate prisoners out of talking to their lawyers so that unfortunately the truth would not come out of crown tonneau bay but i don't doubt that most of them are resisting china has been going through this for months and months and months now and i've got a proud woman and weighed it in his response to that is when they leave him in his cell he starts singing you know both molly's arms new get up stand up or be your rhythmix and the guards to show that he's not to be true since i think the shock of standing up for his rights and the rights of other prisons prisoners has motivated

the guards under orders from the more senior officers to to treat very bad but actually it's not had the effect the desired effect on the arts and it's may shock a stronger mentally because he recognizes that he is now at least in some passing control of his life so i've actually been impressed by the psychological improvements and even though physically isn't very tough straits here at r.t. we sent a request to the guantanamo bay camp after the assault accusations by the inmates we got an answer a facility rep saying they were unwilling to comment on such claims regardless of how ridiculous and absurd they might get. well this week the unofficial deadline passed for the e.u. to take a decision on the syrian rebels however the block's leader is currently a rather hesitant all this due to the growing fears over the state of extremism currently in the war torn country in fact there are also fears of

a terror backflow with ever more european citizens now joining the fight against president assad for example a french official says this flight was unprecedented during the nine years of the afghan conflict only fifty jihad is to aidid is going into the country however take one year in syria and more than one hundred left fronts for that water on state experts say most of the westerners are self radicalized and join the terrorist ranks of al qaeda and the al nusra front in total more than six hundred europeans are estimated to be fighting inside syria so are these tests or are syria now reports on why the e.u. could indeed be rather reluctant to go ahead and the rebels. what the u.k. on the syrian rebels would not that's a question that's been answered a number of different ways it's a clump that began to mostly in varying degrees to the right but ultimately always sending signals of support for the opposition it will be new political progress in

less the opposition is able to withstand the onslaught and put pressure on assad says he that is there is no military victory so we will also increase our efforts to support and to shape the moderate opposition we propose to a man. we must ensure that these arms go to the syrian national coalition and to no one else to one half years on syria continues to pay the delicate complex picture a battleground constantly shifting as it is with western leaders rhetoric an american twelve hour meeting in may the meter's agreed to disagree on syria with the u.k. and france successfully getting their way even though they were at odds with the twenty five other member states the european union has agreed to bring to an end the arms embargo only syrian opposition bases the outcome of united kingdom it wanted rhetoric in the mists and the need up to the libyan intervention also led by

the same players it's remarkable there you go they could simply try and override the experience of libya because as a recent report said the. supermarket for the entirety of the of the middle east and and if they were to go into syria that would be true to the power of attorney on august first e.u. countries can reassess their positions on syria and those who wish to arm the rebels may do so but as that day drew closer hesitation grew louder with david cameron acknowledging that there are quote unquote a lot of bad guys amongst the rebels recent reports from syria show all kind of affiliated groups wanting to establish an islamic caliphate and dissolution rebels and defecting back to the government side before the war in afghanistan and before the attack on iraq there was no al qaida in iraq there was no al qaida in yemen there was no al-qaeda in somalia there was no al qaida in syria but there is not an

idea that's not lost on the british prime minister there's too much extremism among some of the rebels but frankly we do need to do more to help promote those parts of the opposition that want a free purchased a democratic syria and so we're not all being the rebels this are cilia r t london . we did manage to contact the father of a belgian man who actually joined the fighters in syria. when to hold onto it friends with muslim brothers when they became eighty and there's nothing wrong with that to go holiday discover the walls you know and after. that they may send those much of theirs in cairo that they give him money that they give him a scholarship that they pay money to study to continue the study of this muslim religion and sufism you know but i didn't trust it i had the feeling that something was going wrong i start to discover every day thousand pictures and videos of syria

and one day i recognize my own son in the video with other belgian guys so i moved to syria i was in the way i've seen so many cruel things even one in the fighting group and got to where they kidnapped me that put the gun on me i was almost that's and at least i came back here to belgium with empty hands because these radical people these leaders this show you know they don't give me the opportunity to see my old son this emmis we're standing above all these children from the west not only from the west but many of the young guys from all over the walls they are using this young children and up next we'll support. i got a big question for you how stupid can stupid terrorist paranoia get according to four progressives dot com the texas department of public safety demanded that any

women entering the state senate hand over any tampons or pads before entering wow so i would be do this are they really that scared that some terrorists are playing to sneak a bomb into the place at any cost according to news at yahoo dot com the official reason is that they're afraid of people using projectiles as a form of protest against a law that would really restrict abortions oh well no i kind of see where you abortion is an issue that people really get furious over now it kind of all makes sense but wait wait wait wait what's that they're afraid of projectiles but people with guns were allowed to take them into the senate are you kidding me i think the second amendment does a lot more good than harm by i think it goes without saying that for women to concealed carry their hygiene items they should need a permit or permission from anyone but that's just my opinion.

and on welcome to worlds apart five years have passed since georgia long since the fall down south the suitable hosts all but forgotten or inside given its ballots at some point blank them from the castleton could barely even call it the war and the five things are fighting trinkle profound geopolitical changes that will continue to the south well enough to put it all have been avoided well to discuss that are now and joined by russia's former pastor the current prime of the. thank you for your time now that it's been five years the international community has all but forgotten this war because they've been at many other conflicts some of them even more horrible. but i'm sure they haven't forgotten those days what is the first thing that comes to mind. your rights thank god this conflict didn't last too

long. what it was burned into my memory. i think it's the same for many other people especially those living in the region but it's. the first thing i remember is how it all started like what was going on more the situation was very tense i have to admit i remember how difficult it was for me to make a decision but in my dealing with this. new school this was absolutely the most difficult decision that i've ever had to make is that the both. it was very difficult for me as a person which under the new president who had spent less than three months in office. but that's the way love history and sometimes there's nothing we can do. but if you're with i think. august and open up my specificially the war broke out on august eighth but tensions obviously had been escalating for

a few days or even weeks before that. when did you get reports that georgian troops were massing on the border. and were you aware of the actual plans of the georgian authorities. hugh of course i have been getting reports for a few days prior to that. but there were troops concentrating on the border there were some provocations and incidents. but since this conflict had been simmering for years we had our peacekeeping forces there we tried not to jump to conclusions but still we were alarmed by those reports. back then with the rule of law and then in the still of night they opened fire. and it became obvious that the city.